Articles by: Lisa O'Mahony

Beauty: The CH Guide To…. Updating Your Make Up

Beauty: The CH Guide To…. Updating Your Make Up

April 7, 2017 at 3:29 pm Comments are Disabled

Lisa O’Mahony of TraleeToday.ie went to CH Chemists get a make-up bag makeover and you can get one too next week… IF the bottom of your make-up bag looks like your bronzer and eyeshadow got into a fist fight, it might be time to update the make-up in there. Cindy Walsh at […]

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Miriam O'Sullivan, Anne Cleary and Niamh Savage at the Professional Practice Networking and Engagement Day at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Professional Practice Networking Day At IT Tralee

April 7, 2017 at 2:36 pm Comments are Disabled

IT TRALEE was even busier than usual today as they held a (Social Care) Professional Practice Networking and Engagement Day at the North Campus. There were a number of events on during the day for anyone who wanted to pop in. The exhibition area had 37 organisations present, each eager to discuss the different roles their […]

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Five Things To Do Around Tralee This Weekend

Five Things To Do Around Tralee This Weekend

April 7, 2017 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

Another weekend and it’s set to be a scorcher…well on Saturday anyway! Here are a few things you can get up to around Tralee and beyond this weekend, in between catching the sun… Friday 1. Brush up on your makeup skills… Jeanette Cronin will give an Estee Lauder makeup masterclass at […]

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Beauty And The Beast Is Coming To Siamsa Tíre Next Week

Beauty And The Beast Is Coming To Siamsa Tíre Next Week

April 7, 2017 at 9:45 am Comments are Disabled

THE Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts will be entertaining shoppers in Manor West on Friday by performing a James Corden-style flash mob. The performance will take place at 5pm, with the Beauty and the Beast characters from their upcoming production that will be staged in Siamsa Tíre next Monday and Tuesday during […]

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US Army Aviator From Tralee To Be Commemorated At Listowel Event

US Army Aviator From Tralee To Be Commemorated At Listowel Event

April 6, 2017 at 12:17 pm Comments are Disabled

A Tralee man who was a distinguished military and civilian helicopter pilot in the US Army, will be commemorated by Listowel town and Co Kerry in conjunction with Listowel Military Tattoo at Listowel Racecourse on April 29. The commemoration will be attended by many of John O’Sullivan’s family and aviation friends, including […]

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Performers in the St John of God production 'An Evening of Musicals' were Wendy Hardy, Janet O'Donoghue, Jessica Power, Amy Lynch, Jason McCarthy, Paul O'Sullivan, Alan Murray and Micheal O'Leary. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Audiences Love St John Of God’s ‘An Evening Of Musicals’

April 6, 2017 at 12:06 pm 1 comment

A BIG crowd packed Siamsa Tíre last night for the St John of God production of ‘An Evening of Musicals’. The show was a collection of songs, solos and group numbers, from different musicals. The talented cast sang Singing in the Rain, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, Phantom of the Opera […]

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Garvey’s Tralee’s To Introduce Special Autism-Friendly Shopping Evenings

Garvey’s Tralee’s To Introduce Special Autism-Friendly Shopping Evenings

April 6, 2017 at 11:47 am Comments are Disabled

GARVEY’S Supervalu Tralee have come up with a few great ideas to make the store more Autism friendly for their customers on certain evenings. The store launched this plan on Wednesday, with a view to make it easier for customers with Autism to shop, by making just a few small changes. Every second Wednesday […]

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Darkness Into Light Kerry Launch Lights Up Tralee Wetlands

Darkness Into Light Kerry Launch Lights Up Tralee Wetlands

April 5, 2017 at 2:33 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry launch of Darkness Into Light took place at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Tuesday night. The launch was kicked off with a few words from Pieta House Chief Clinical Officer, Cindy O’Connor, where she thanked everyone for supporting Pieta House. The guests were then invited to release lighting ‘lanterns of […]

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Ruadhrí Mac Amhlaoibh, Liam Ó Múirí, Stiofán Ó Fearail, Daithí Ó Ruaidh, Keith Ó Briain, Kevin Shorthall, Caitlín Nic Giollaghunna and Faith Peskett at the Seo Linn Concert at the Rose Hotel on Tuesday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Students Enjoy Concert By Seo Linn

April 5, 2017 at 9:35 am Comments are Disabled

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí Students enjoyed a concert by the Irish Band, Seo Linn, in the Rose Hotel on Tuesday. Seo Linn are a new, young, Irish band that have a passion for the Irish language. They sing original songs but also do a powerful take on some contemporary songs. Not only […]

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PHOTOS: Warriors Visit Schools With Champions Trophy

PHOTOS: Warriors Visit Schools With Champions Trophy

April 5, 2017 at 9:28 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S been some few days for Garveys Tralee Warriors. In fact, it’s been a whirlwind eight months for the new arrivals in the Men’s Superleague. The weekend though was something special. They faced Templeogue in the National Champions Trophy final on Sunday afternoon in Letterkenny and after Kieran Donaghy levelled to […]

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Sergeant Eileen O'Sullivan, Jimmy Deenihan, Aidan O'Mahony and Seamus Moriarty presenting members of the Student Council Kaley Killeen and Sean Locke with Certificates for the 'Walk a Marathon in a Month' Challenge. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Pupils At Listellick Primary School Complete ‘Walk A Marathon In A Month’ Challenge

April 4, 2017 at 11:36 am Comments are Disabled

IT was a wet and windy finish today to Listellick National School’s ‘Walk a Marathon in a Month’ Challenge. Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, Chairperson of the Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership and a former P.E Teacher himself, returned to the school having kicked off the event back in February, to present […]

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Jenny Fox, Amy O'Mahony, and Katie Nagel from the Presentation Secondary School, Miltown with their project at the Student Enterprise Awards on Friday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Tralee Students Among Prizewinners At Enterprise Awards

April 1, 2017 at 10:15 am 1 comment

COASTERS out of records, homemade face masks and the Swiss army knife of pencil case were just some of the 32 projects on display at Student Enterprise Awards held in IT Tralee on Friday. The students from schools all over Kerry showed their projects to the judges  in the hope of […]

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Fundraiser To Help Tina McElligott Get The Treatment She Needs

Fundraiser To Help Tina McElligott Get The Treatment She Needs

April 1, 2017 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

A FUNDRAISING Children’s Disco will be held on the April 9, from 4pm to 6.30pm, at McHales Function room in Causeway, to help Tina McElligott. Sixteen-year-old Tina from Kilflynn suffers from Alpers, a degenerative neurological disorder that slowly diminishes a person’s quality of life because of the seizures and the […]

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Principal Ann O'Callaghan, Geraldine O'Dwyer, Ryan Leonard, Kieran Donaghy,Liz Doyle, Ruarí O'Rahilly, and Dale Counihan at CBS The Green on Thursday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

CBS The Green Honours Kieran And Ryan For Making Irish Team

March 31, 2017 at 11:42 am Comments are Disabled

TEACHERS from CBS The Green swapped stories on past pupil Kieran Donaghy and sixth year pupil Ryan Leonard, as the school honoured the pair for all of their achievements in sport on Thursday. Both Kieran and Ryan were selected onto the Irish Senior Men’s Basketball Team this year and the teachers spoke […]

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Gerard Mannix Retires After 40 Years In Dentistry

Gerard Mannix Retires After 40 Years In Dentistry

March 31, 2017 at 9:49 am Comments are Disabled

STAFF at the Bon Secours Hospital marked the retirement last Tuesday, of dentist, Mr Gerard Mannix. A mass was held by Fr Pat Crean Lynch, and later refreshments were had in the restaurant of the Bons. Gerard has retired from a career in dentistry spanning almost 40 years in Tralee, 20 0f […]

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Star-Studded Line-Up For Lee Strand & NDC Health And Wellbeing Evening

Star-Studded Line-Up For Lee Strand & NDC Health And Wellbeing Evening

March 30, 2017 at 5:20 pm Comments are Disabled

LEE Strand and the National Dairy Council are delighted to announce an exciting evening centred on Health and Wellbeing on Thursday 6th April in the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. The event will host high profile guest speakers including: Derval O’Rourke, Irish Olympic Athlete and cookbook author; Aidan O’Mahony, Kerry Football legend and […]

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Aideen Fox, Sarah Ferguson, Rachel O'Regan and Laura Harty  at the Mounthawk Parent's Council Table Quiz on Wednesday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Mounthawk Parents Council Holds Annual Table Quiz

March 30, 2017 at 2:30 pm Comments are Disabled

STUDENTS and parents tasted their general knowledge at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School on Wednesday night. Organised by the Parents Council, the annual quiz is a big fundraiser and all money raised goes back into the school. The quiz was held in the school’s new Centenary Hall, as opposed to the previous years […]

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Miriam O’Callaghan Launches Midsummer’s Charity Ball In The Rose Hotel

Miriam O’Callaghan Launches Midsummer’s Charity Ball In The Rose Hotel

March 30, 2017 at 12:47 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE’LL be some well-known faces gracing a charity ball in the Rose Hotel this June with some great prizes to be won. The Midsummer’s Ball in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at UHK will take place on June 9, at the hotel and Miriam O’Callaghan was in town on Wednesday […]

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PHOTOS: Students From Around Kerry Attend Ceiliúradh na nÓg

PHOTOS: Students From Around Kerry Attend Ceiliúradh na nÓg

March 30, 2017 at 9:57 am Comments are Disabled

THE Ceiliúradh na nOg took place on Wednesday, March 29 at the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. Ceiliúradh na nOg is a faith programme for Transition Year and Fifth Year students and 300 of them, representing 15 of the post-primary schools from throughout the diocese, took part on the day. The students were given the […]

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‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Champs Present €500 Prize To Inspired

‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Champs Present €500 Prize To Inspired

March 29, 2017 at 2:46 pm Comments are Disabled

WINNERS of the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Strictly Come Dancing, Rosie McGrath and Dominic Rollo-Walker, were at Inspired, Friary Lane, on Tuesday where they donated their winnings from the contest. The pair out-danced some stiff competition on Satuday night to win the Judges Vote and chose to donate their €500 prize to the group. Inspired […]

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Jack Walsh, Breda Browne, Brendan O’Brien, Ann Walsh, Fr Francis Nolan, Mary Scanlon, Helen O’Sullivan, Donie Wynne, Joan Trant at Annagh Graveyard on Monday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony,

First Ever Dawn Mass To Be Held In Annagh Cemetery

March 29, 2017 at 12:09 pm Comments are Disabled

ON Easter Sunday morning, April 16, a dawn mass will be held in Annagh Burial Ground at 6am. Organised by the Curraheen Liturgy Group, it is the first time a dawn mass will ever have been held in the area. There will also be an Easter fire lighting ceremony  during […]

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Looking Forward To The 20th Annual Good Friday Walk For Kerry Hospice

Looking Forward To The 20th Annual Good Friday Walk For Kerry Hospice

March 29, 2017 at 9:53 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual Kerry Hospice Good Friday Walk will set off from The Grand Hotel on April 14, at 10am. It is the 20th Good Friday Walk organised by Kerry Hospice which started in 1998 and was the brainchild of Chairman of the Kerry Hospice, Ted Moynihan. The route will take participants out by Lohercannon to Blennerville, […]

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John Drummey, Johnny Wall, Rick Leonard, Michael Gaffney and Martin Brosnan awarding Marilyn O'Shea and Hannah O'Shea, Darkness Into Light, the Most Topical at the St Patrick's Day Parade Awards at the Abbey Inn on Monday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Prizes Awarded For Best St Patrick’s Day Parade Entrants

March 28, 2017 at 12:38 pm Comments are Disabled

ON Monday night at The Abbey Inn, the organisers of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee presented awards to the parade’s best participants. Prizes were presented to three groups who were the Most Colourful, Most Entertaining and Most Topical in this year’s parade. The Most Topical award went to the […]

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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny with students Kelly O'Regan and Kate O'Riordan at IT Tralee on Monday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Taoiseach Visits IT Tralee To Launch Sports Academy Construction

March 27, 2017 at 3:18 pm Comments are Disabled

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited IT Tralee today to launch the commencement of the construction of the Kerry Sports Academy. Dr Oliver Murphy, President of IT Tralee welcomed the Taoiseach to the North Campus of the Institute in what was a historic occasion, as the first visit of a Taoiseach […]

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PHOTOS: Ladies Get A Masterclass From Marek At CH Chemists

PHOTOS: Ladies Get A Masterclass From Marek At CH Chemists

March 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

ON Thursday night, renowned international makeup artist Marek Hegli gave a makeup masterclass at CH Chemists, The Mall. Marek has a huge celebrity clientele including Millie Mackintosh and in the masterclass, Marek taught people all about the latest makeup trends and told all about this year’s BAFTAs. Marek currently works with Harrods […]

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PHOTOS: It Was A Colourful Day At KCFE Today

PHOTOS: It Was A Colourful Day At KCFE Today

March 23, 2017 at 4:06 pm Comments are Disabled

THE end of year Colour Fun Day took place in the Kerry College for Further Education on Thursday, March 23, from 11am until 1 pm. The Sports Therapy First Year students came up with the idea that staff and students would run, walk or dance their way through a 5km route after first getting colourful. All […]

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Coffee Morning For Cancer Awareness Held At Shanakill Family Resource Centre

Coffee Morning For Cancer Awareness Held At Shanakill Family Resource Centre

March 23, 2017 at 3:18 pm Comments are Disabled

SHANAKILL Family Resource Centre, Rahoonane Community Centre and Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project organised a coffee morning at Shanakill FRC on Thursday, March 23 in order to raise awareness around cancer. The date was decided so that it would coincide with the anniversary of the the first ever Daffodil Day in Ireland, […]

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PHOTOS: Huge Crowds Attend Kerry ETB Education and Training Fair

PHOTOS: Huge Crowds Attend Kerry ETB Education and Training Fair

March 23, 2017 at 11:42 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY ETB held its annual Further Education and Training Fair, on Wednesday from 10am to 6pm at the Brandon Hotel, with a massive turnout of people visiting throughout the day. The event was free and demonstrated a variety of interactive skill demonstrations ranging from stonecutting, to 3D printing that can make prototypes, culinary arts, […]

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PHOTOS: Students Organise Spikeball Tournament At Mounthawk

PHOTOS: Students Organise Spikeball Tournament At Mounthawk

March 23, 2017 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

TRANSITION Year students of Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School organised a spikeball tournament for primary school students around Tralee on Wednesday. The TY Students have been coaching pupils from primary school all around Tralee to play Spikeball over the course of six weeks. They began in December, training CBS Primary School, […]

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Garvey’s Supervalu And Randles Bros Sponsor Vehicle For Tralee Tidy Towns

Garvey’s Supervalu And Randles Bros Sponsor Vehicle For Tralee Tidy Towns

March 22, 2017 at 3:42 pm Comments are Disabled

CHAIRPERSON of Tidy Towns Tralee, Sam Locke, accepted a van on behalf of Tidy Towns Tralee, courtesy of Garvey’s Supervalu and Randles Bros, this morning. Sam Locke said the gesture is greatly appreciated by Tralee Tidy Towns, and will be used to maintain their Gold Medal status. The previous van, which […]

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